[Pkg-exim4-users] How to run a script before each queue run?

Marc Haber mh+pkg-exim4-users at zugschlus.de
Sun Mar 11 00:24:44 CET 2007


On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 02:00:14PM +0000, Eugen Melinte wrote:
> Background info: I am using as smarthost the SMTP server of my ISP.
> They have just changed the policies on their SMTP servers and now each
> time my exim connects to the smarthost it gets a "550 Authorization
> required". This is because now they require POP before SMTP
> authentication. Which is why I need to run the script _before_ any of
> those two events (queue run or SMTP connect).

Find out the interval that your ISP allows you to relay after POP, and
then set up a cron job to POP every n-1 minutes. Then pester them to
finally support SMTP AUTH.

Greetings
Marc

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